– Joaquim Magalhães de Castro As we have already said, the attempt to convert the Bhutanese was unsuccessful, and Fathers João Cabral and Estevao Cacela must have felt very frustrated, because they had labored a great deal. Only centuries later,…
SAINT PETER – The triumph of Catholic faith
PHOTO: Wikimedia – Anastasios As was said previously, we may regard Saint Peter’s Basilica as the most famous Catholic church in the world. It is one of the four so called “major Basilicas,” all of them in Rome. There is…
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH DANIEL DE WEYER, CEO AND FOUNDER OF CRYPTOWORLD LIMITED HONG KONG – My character was formed in childhood, along with the Ten Commandments
– ROBAIRD O’CEARBHAILL With decades of senior executive experience in international banking, now in fintech, crypto, investment and board governance, Daniel De Weyer, believes in reflection and positivity. His Catholic childhood largely made him what he is today, and what…
VATICAN CITY – Remember the final judgement, Pope Francis says at Mass for recently deceased bishops
– Tej Francis Email: tejfrancis@gmail.com (CNA) Pope Francis urged Catholics to meditate on the final judgement at a Mass offered Monday for the souls of cardinals and bishops who died within the past year. “Saint Ignatius suggests, before making an…
NEWS BRIEFS
– Tej Francis Email: tejfrancis@gmail.com NAIROBI, AFRICA African bishops say UN Nairobi Summit will be destructive of pro-life agenda Bishops in Africa have raised concerns about the agenda of the Nairobi Summit, a United Nations gathering being held next week,…
CANTATA MACAU 2019 PROMOTES MUSIC TOURISM IN MACAU
PHOTO: Randy Iblasin – Rachel Luna Peralta With the theme “Music is Life,” Cantata Macau 2019 gathered 11 choirs from Macao and various countries like Indonesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Singapore, mainland China, and Hong Kong for the 1st Macao…
ROLE OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS IN THE GLOBALIZATION OF CHINESE GOODS IN ANALYSIS – Missionaries and merchants. The Jesuits as agents of commerce
– Marco Carvalho Missionaries, educators, scientists, mathematicians and also merchants. The little known role of the members of the Society of Jesus as agents of commerce set the tone for the lecture “Jesuits and Global Goods – Commercial Routes from…
FR CYRIL LAW WAS GUEST SPEAKER OF A NEW CONFERENCE ON THE APOSTOLIC LETTER – Why China resisted Maximum Illud
– Marco Carvalho Ill-formulated, badly sustained and injurious to the interests of the Chinese Catholics. These were some of the remarks with which the apostolic letter Maximum Illud was received a century ago in China, in a process in which…
BIRTHDAY GREETINGS AND PRAYERS
Macau Bishop D. Stephen Lee celebrated his birthday on Sunday, November 10, with priests and faithful. O Clarim staff joined also in the celebration held at the Bishop’s House.
PAUL CHAN, MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS AND CHAPLAIN AT THE RICCI COLLEGE – In every Jesuit school there’s also a school of God
– Marco Carvalho The Society of Jesus has been present in Macau from the very beginning of its history and education has always been a concern and a venture for the Jesuits. They were once responsible for the first western…